The Record Newspaper 09 July 2008

-Bishop Matthew Gibney 

On our doorstepWhat it really means

World Youth Day is almost on us. O ver the nex t fortnight The Record will be bringing you all the best of it as Anthony Barich and Sylvia Defendi report on the action. But what is it really all about? In this ex tract from The Cube and the Cathedral, his remarkable analysis of modern life and the Church, papal biographer George Weigel talks about what makes the WYD generation different from their parents...

There is a generational issue at play in western Europe.

Previously in The Cube and The Cathedral, I’ve mentioned the generation of 1968... much to this generation’s surprise, and chagrin, its children are not following uniformly in its footsteps.

As I said above, I first became aware of this in 1997 in Paris.

To the amazement of most of French high culture, the international Catholic World Youth Day, held in Paris in August 1997, was an overwhelming success: 500,000 young adults participated in a week of talks, conversations and religious services; and more than a million people packed themselves into the

WYD Cross and Icon photos

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Longchamp race course for a closing Mass with the Pope. Throughout the week, John Paul II and other Catholic leaders had driven home the message: sanctity is possible in modernity; Catholic faith can nurture a free society (liberté ), human dignity (equalité ) and human solidarity ( fraternité ). The response was overwhelming.

‘These young men and women, Cardinal Lustiger told his startled interviewer, don’t think that being Christian and being intelligent, engaged, compassionate and dedicated are mutually exclusive.’

And confusing, at least to some.

The night of the closing Mass, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger of Paris, who had long argued that Europe must be reconverted “from the head down” (ie, through a new evangelisation of intellectuals and youth), appeared on French national

PLUS: Geraldton to Broome

television. The anchorman, a child of 1968 straight out of central casting, asked the cardinal to explain the inexplicable: why, in the middle of summer holidays, had this vast crowd come to Paris to pray?

Lustiger was blunt. It was a question of generations, he insisted.

The anchorman belonged to a generation that had abandoned the Church of its youth in 1968 or thereabouts and had been fighting daddy, as it were, ever since.

These young people, the cardinal continued, grew up empty. Having found Christ and the Church, they wanted to explore everything that meant.

Don’t read their experience, Lustiger told his startled interlocutor, through yours: these young men and women don’t think that being Christian and being intelligent, engaged, compassionate and dedicated are mutually exclusive.

No one would argue that World Youth Day 1997 – and its equivalents in Spain (1989), Poland (1991) and Rome (2000) – have decisively reshaped the cultural landscape of Europe.

Yet the millions of young peo-

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ARCHBISHOP HICKEY APOLOGISES

Following the last week’s controversy in WA media regarding the Bethel Covenant Community, Archbishop Barry Hickey has publicly apologised for not having done enough to address complaints from current or former members.

Saint for the week

Jane Frances de Chantal

1572-1641

feast – August 18

Crosiers

At 20, Jeanne-Francoise Fremyot of Dijon, France, married Baron Christophe de Rabutin-Chantal. They were happy, but after eight years she was widowed and left with four children. In 1604 St. Francis de Sales became her spiritual director; they collaborated on the founding of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, designed for women unsuited for the more rigorous life of other religious communities. At her death there were about 80 Visitation convents. St. Vincent de Paul, a contemporary, called her “one of the holiest people I have ever met on this earth.”

© 2005 Saints for Today Saints © 2008 CNS

Stewardship

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

In our modern, fast paced lives, it is important that we find time, energy, and resources to give in the name of our faith. Our faith is meant to be shared, not kept private as our society would have it. It is only through putting God first in our lives that those seeds of faith planted in our hearts will produce a harvest, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Ask yourself this question, “If I really wanted to be a good steward of my faith and share it, who might I bring into the RCIA this fall?”

Walking with Him Daily Mass Readings

13 S 15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Gr Is 55:10-11 God’s word, God’s will Ps 64:10-14 Fruitful harvest

Rom 8:18-23 Freedom and glory

Mt 13:1-23 The sower

14 M St Camillus de Lellis, priest (O)

Gr Is 1:10-17 Learn to do good

PS 49:8-9.16-17.21.23 You despise my law

Mt 10:34-11:1 Jesus instructions

15 T St Bonaveture, bishop, doctor of the Church (M) S

Wh Isa 7:1-9

Have no fear

Ps 47:2-8 The Lord is great

Mt 11:20-24 Refusal to repent

16 W Our Lady of Mount Carmel (O)

Gr Isa 10:5-7.13-16 A wasting sickness

Ps 93:5-10.14-15 God pays no heed

Mt 11:25-27 I bless you, Father

17 T

Gr Isa 26:7-9.12.16-19 Come to life

18 F

Ps 101:13-21 Time for mercy

Mt 11:28-30 Come to me

Isa 38:1-6.7-8.21-22 I will cure you

Ps/Isa38:10-12.16 My life half spent

Mt 12:1-8 Disciples hungry

19 S Mic 2:1-5 Plotters of evil

Gr Ps 9:1-4.7-8.14 You are our helper

Mt 12:14-21 A plot against Jesus

Tears shed as Geraldton says goodbye

As World Youth Day preparations enter last days, towns from Geraldton to Broome host the youth festival’s

enduring symbols

THE Geraldton Diocese was the second last diocese to host the World Youth Day Cross and Icon before they returned to Sydney for the final procession as a lead-up to World Youth Day.

Geraldton diocese Bishop Justin Bianchini said: “There were some special ceremonies and events around the Cross, Icon and Message Stick in the Geraldton Diocese but not as many as in City Dioceses.

“Almost half of the week was spent traveling the length of the diocese from Warradarge to Port Hedland, a distance of some 1500km.”

Seven Geraldton WYD Pilgrims, including Bishop Bianchini, along with Presentation Sisters Dolores and Evangelist and JCI Chairman Graham Eaton met with the Perth Archdiocese at Warradarge on the Brand Highway for lunch and a small but significant ceremony of changeover, made all the more special by a family travelling to Perth from Geraldton who would have missed seeing the Cross and Icon had they not stopped for fuel and time to relax.

One of the Catholics who had come to check her mail also stopped by to experience this special event. continued vista 2

Procession to Sydney Memorial draws solemn prayers

FOLLOWING a morning liturgy, the pilgrim students, along with many of their peers, carried the World Youth Day Cross and Icon to the Sydney Memorial.

By all reports, it was one of the roughest tracks to the memorial.

One student who carried the WYD Cross remarked: “It is like the journey Jesus took, only we had more help.”

Bishop Justin Bianchini of Geraldton led

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the special service as a group of about 500 gathered.

The bishop paid tribute to the many souls on the HMAS Sydney whose final resting place remained a mystery until recently.

Nagle Catholic College students, along with other pilgrims, shared the readings and led the Prayers of the Faithful.

They prayers reminded those gathered of the need for peace - the peace that Jesus died for on the Cross.

Members of the RSL were present and read the oath before a wreath was laid in

honour of the men and women who had died while serving their country, “There is no greater love than to lay down your life for your friends,” was quoted by one of the many people there.

This ceremony was followed by a walk through the central business district of Geraldton, which included the main shopping mall, during the lunch time rush. Some of the pilgrims present handed out the miniature crosses as souvenirs of the visit of the World Youth Day Cross and Icon to the town of Geraldton before returning to the cathedral.

Grand moment: School students carry the WYD Cross during the HMAS Sydney memorial service in Geraldton.

Above: Students process through Geraldton Mall, a public witness gearing up for World Youth Day.

Below: Welcoming Mass at St Francis Xavier Cathedral, presided over by Bishop Justin Bianchini.

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Bundiyarra Aboriginal Community

THE World Youth Day Cross, Icon and the Message Stick were taken to the Bundiyarra Aboriginal Community, Utakarra.

Aboriginal people have many spiritual connections, including to water.

To them, water is life and water is sacred.

The area around the Cross and Icon was blessed with water as were the people gathered with the prayer - “may we who are gathered around this cross today be given new abundant life”.

Bishop Justin Bianchini of Geraldton commenced by praying, “Our coming here today onto this land is another step on the journey to reconciliation.

“This reconciliation journey is not just for a day, a week or a year but it is a journey of the heart for all the days of our lives.”

“The cross is a powerful sign of reconciliation. It has the power to unite all peoples. To the one who died on the cross - Jesus - there is no black or white.

“All are sisters and brothers. All are one people.”

The ceremony was followed by a young and enthusiastic group of dancers prior to afternoon tea.

The World Youth Day Journey of the Cross and Icon team then headed for Northampton overnight on their journey through the north of the State.

PRINCIPALSHIPS

MARY’S MOUNT PRIMARY SCHOOL

Mary's Mount Primary School in Gooseberry Hill is a Catholic school within the Kalamunda Parish. It was originally opened in 1921 as a boys college by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition. The motto Truth symbolises openness to truth, honesty and service in the school community.

Mary’s Mount is a single-stream co-educational school catering for children from Kindergarten to Year Seven. A threeyear old program for two half days a week is available, as well as a playgroup.

The school has been implementing the RAISe (Raising Achievement in Schools) program since 2007 and has a strong emphasis on early intervention.

Mary’s Mount has fully embraced the Information Communication Technology program, Primary Connections Science, Instrumental Music, Art and Italian (LOTE) and is also a Waterwise School.

The School Board and Parents and Friends’ Association have a strong commitment to develop and provide facilities and resources to meet the needs of all students.

OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA SCHOOL

Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is a single stream, co-educational school, from Kindergarten to Year 7. The school is located in the resort town of Esperance which has a population of approximately 14,000 people and is located 750kms south-east of Perth. The school is an integral part of the Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish and a very close working relationship exists between the parish and the school.

The staff members are very dedicated and work collaboratively to ensure a high level of education and pastoral care is provided for the children. The school is well resourced and the School Board members, Parents and Friends’ Association and community members are very supportive of the initiatives being implemented to provide valuable learning experiences for all children. The School Board is currently in the process of establishing a three year strategic plan. There are specialist programs in the area of Music, LOTE (French), Physical Education and Library. The school has implemented Rock & Water program, Before School Reading program, Ministry Leadership, Active After School Sports program and Crunch & Sip. The school is in the final year of implementing the RAISe (Raising Achievement in Schools) program.

The successful applicants will take up these positions on 1 January 2009.

Applicants need to be practising Catholics and experienced educators committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education. They will have the requisite theological, educational, pastoral and administrative competencies, together with an appropriate four year minimum tertiary qualification, and will have completed Accreditation for Leadership of the Religious Education Area or its equivalent. A current WACOT registration number must also be included.

The official application form, referee assessment forms and instructions can be

Cultural celebration: Bundiyarra youth put on a show representing their Aboriginal culture, which has many parallels with Christianity, including the significance of water, which in indigenous culture symbolises life. This is also the case in Catholicism, where water is the element used in our baptism that makes us part of God’s family.

In Geradlton: Local young people pose with the World Youth Day Message Stick, representing indigenous culture, which travels around the country with the WYD Cross and Icon of

Left: The World Youth Day Cross is venerated by the Bundiyarra Aboriginal community.

Right: Broome youth carry the World Youth Day Cross and Icon through the streets with the local priest, bringing the far-away event of WYD in Sydney home to outback Western Australia.

Journey

World Youth Day Cross And Icon come to Carnarvon

THE World Youth Day Cross and Icon came to St Mary Star Of the Sea parish in Carnarvon on June 12.

Representatives of the youth of the parish, including students from the school, travelled to Overlander to receive the Cross from the young people of Northampton.

When the team arrived in Carnarvon the Cross was assembled and carried into the church by the young people of the parish. Mass was celebrated by Bishop Justin Bianchini, Father Bronek and Father Ziggy, followed by an opportunity to venerate the Cross.

The next day the students at St Mary’s were divided into three groups and in turn each group went to the church where they participated in a paraliturgy. The reverent and prayerful way in which they participated in the prayers and then approached the Cross and Icon was filled with quiet joy.

The evening celebrations again began with the Eucharist. There was standing room only with the congregation spilling out of the church onto to the pavement outside. The Cross was carried outside by parish youth and surrounded by students carrying lanterns.

Lit by a spotlight, they then processed down Johnson Street to the gate at the bottom of the school oval, as it was welcomed by an Aboriginal elder playing the didgeridoo. This was followed by the “call” given by one of the elders of Carnarvon’s Maori and Pacific Islander community who performed the Hakka as the cross and icon were carried to the stage area.

The drama students performed the Stations of the Cross which ended with the 15th station, “The Resurrection Of Jesus.” This was a powerful enactment of the mystery of the cross. Adapted for the outdoors the performance used the many levels of the school’s environment to enhance this dramatic performance. The hush over the crowd reflected the power of the performance.

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Here is the Cross of our salvation: Outback handover to Carnarvon at the Overlander Roadhouse.

Carnarvon Parish: An aisle of youth bear lanterns to honour the World Youth Day Cross.

Dramatic: A drama presentation Stations of the Cross.

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Country Catholics take Cross journey in their stride

FATHER Steve Casey and six parishioners from St Paul’s Parish, Karratha, drove to Barradale on June 14, a journey of about 300km southwards on the North West Coastal Highway, to meet the WYD Cross and Icon team for the handover from the Carnarvon parish.

They drove back to Karratha where the Cross and Icon were part of St Paul’s Primary School 30th anniversary Mass and celebrations. Bishop Justin Bianchini celebrated the Mass and also present were the Presentation Sisters who had founded the school.

The Cross and Icon were taken to St Paul’s Church the next day for Sunday morning Mass where the Cross was carried into the church by the youth who will be attending WYD in Sydney. The Cross was venerated by the congregation during Mass, which was concelebrated by the bishop, Fr Steve Casey and Fr Bob Pocock.

On Monday morning the Cross and Icon were venerated by the students and staff at St Luke’s College, in a very moving and solemn ceremony. The WYD team moved onto Roebourne, where there was a prayer service and the Cross and Icon were carried down the main street. The Cross and Icon were then handed over by the Wickham/ Roebourne Parish to the priests and parishioners from the Port Hedland/South Hedland Parish, who then journeyed in pilgrimage back to Port Hedland, where the Cross and Icon were to be handed on to the bishop and representatives from the Broome diocese, before their final departure to Sydney for World Youth Day July 15-20.

Cross at Nazareth House

THE Cross, Icon and Message Stick, escorted by Bishop Justin Bianchini, arrived at the front gate of Nazareth House at 2pm. Friends and young people from Tardun carried the Cross up the long drive into the Larmenier residents’ large activity lounge where a gathering of 60 people of many denominations, - residents, relatives, Sisters, staff and friends waited. There was a small difficulty with the height of the Cross, but with some very clever organising they were able to stand the Cross upright for all to see, which an air of excited anticipation as the large cross was raised.

Bishop Justin spoke to the residents and staff, noting that for many of the residents, they had already carried their cross and now in their senior years could reflect and thank God that He had been a part of their journey. The bishop spoke to one man who had been

physically handicapped for most of his life, saying: “You have had a heavy cross to bear for most of your life and we are honoured that you are here to see the Cross that symbolises the true Cross bearer, Jesus, who has no doubt journeyed with you.”

Prayers of intercession asking for God’s blessing on all present, those who are sick and for our deceased brothers and sisters were prayed before a short prayer for Pilgrims was made.

This was followed by the Lord’s prayer prayed together, the sign of peace and the final blessing prayed by the bishop asking for us to draw strength from the cross of God’s Son.

After the final blessing all those present had an opportunity to venerate the cross and icon and indeed some residents did so a number of times, before taking part in afternoon tea.

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La Salle College set to revel in the World Youth Day Sydney 2008.

TWENTYFIVE students and five staff members will be leaving Perth on July 12 to embark on an experience of a lifetime, further developing their Catholic faith by taking part in the spiritual celebrations and activities of this major event. La Salle students attending World Youth Day commenced their preparations with a Mass in March.

Right: Nazareth House, Geraldton

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Northampton

PRIOR to leaving Northampton, St Mary’s Primary School hosted the Cross, Icon and Message Stick at the celebration of the Eucharist, with Bishop Justin Bianchini and Fr Chris Ryan, with parish priest Fr Robert O’Bryan as principal celebrant.

The students processed into the church with the Cross, but the Icon was a little heavy for them and was placed at the foot of the altar prior to the Mass.

Year Seven indigenous student Jay Mallard processed in with the Message Stick.

Fr Ryan spoke to the children on Jesus being the cornerstone of our life.

Using the example of the arches in the Northampton church, he explained that the arches would collapse as would the wall of the building, if the middle stone of the arch was not stable.

“Jesus is that corner stone, the middle stone that will hold the Church as a people together,” Fr Ryan said.

He said that the Cross represents the cornerstone of our faith.

The celebration of the Eucharist was followed by an invitation for the students, their family and friends to come forward and venerate the WYD Cross and Icon.

The Cross and Icon were accompanied by Bishop Justin and Fr O’Bryan to the Overlander Roadhouse where it was met by the Carnarvon parish representatives.

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Soaking it up: Students and teachers of Our Lady of Mt Carmel School in Mullewa.

Hear ye: Fr Chris Ryan, who travels Australia with the WYD Cross, explains the significance of the WYD Message Stick to Northampton’s Jay Mallard.

Reverence: St Mary’s Northampton with WYD Message Stick and Cross.

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DURING the journey to Nazareth House the Cross and Icon convoy called into St Lawrence’s Primary School in Bluff Point to allow the students that missed out on the morning service and opportunity to venerate the Cross.

One of St Lawrence’s Students, Maddison Hollands, summed up her experience saying: “World Youth Day was very special to me.

“I got to touch the cross and when I touched it I thought about how much I love Jesus.

“I wanted to keep my cross with me all the time. I thought about making it into a set of Rosary beads because if I wore them on a string, around my neck, they might have broken and I could lose the cross.

“I made a set of Rosary beads using my WYD cross and now I can use them every Friday at our school Rosary. I can remember WYD now every Friday for the rest of the year.”

St Lawrence’s Primary, Bluff Point

Above: Maddison Hollands, whose love for Jesus manifested in a stronger way by the visit of the WYD Cross and Icon.

Right: St Lawrence’s Primary School students from Bluff Point.

Above: St John’s Primary School students with the World Youth Day Cross.

Below: St Francis Xavier School students celebrate the arrival of the WYD Cross.

Above: St Lawrence’s Primary School load the Cross from the truck. Below: St Francis Xavier School process the Cross through the streets.

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Heavey metal, jazz, rap... World Youth Day Youth Festival in Sydney will have it all

HEAVY metal, acid jazz, reggae, rap, Gospel, AfroCaribbean, Gregorian Chants and Christian rock – hear it all at World Youth Day 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI may be the ‘rock star’ attraction of World Youth Day Sydney 2008 (WYD08), but many headline and emerging artists will also take centre stage during the week.

More than 165 outdoor concerts will take place during WYD08 week, July 15-20, as part of the Youth Festival.

Headline acts include the likes of Damien Leith, Guy Sebastian, Paulini, the Tap Dogs, Diesel, Vanessa Amorosi and Australian Idol finalist Joseph Gateau.

They are joined by some of the world’s leading Christian artists, multicultural wonders, eclectic bands and emerging local and international acts.

“Dance and song are just some of the ways we can express our faith,” said Fr Mark Podesta, WYD08 spokesman.

“Apart from the Liturgy, they seem to be the most popular ways for young people with over 165 different acts performing during the week. “WYD08 will be a great celebration, and by the fantastic array of musical genres that will be on stage, there will be something for everybody.”

All Youth Festival acts are available to registered pilgrims and members of the public, and are listed at www.wyd2008.org/youthfestival.

Highlights include:

● Resonaxis at Sydney Opera House Concert Hall A fusion of the secular and the sacred, acid jazz meets Gregorian Chant Wednesday July 16, 3pm–3.45pm

● Metatrone at Tumbalong Park Catholic heavy metal band from Italy Wednesday 16 July, 8.00pm – 9.00pm

● Scythian at Palm Grove, Darling Harbour Celtic, gypsy and Klezmer music with high energy rhythms

Wednesday July 16, 9pm–10pm

● World Youth 4 Justice concert by St Vincent de Paul at Barangaroo - a concert raising awareness of the needs of Australia’s poor and oppressed, addressing social poverty and injustice in the world featuring Diesel, Vanessa Amorosi, Rick Price and The McClymonts, Thursday, July 17, 6pm–9pm

● Amanda Vernon and Psalm6Teen at Harbourside Amphitheatre. Up-tempo gospel to ballads and rap. Amanda Vernon collaborates with Psalm6Teen an exciting father and son Christian rock band

Thursday, July 17, 6.30pm–7.30pm

● Internationally renowned Christian act, the Matt Maher Band at Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre (SCEC) Christian pop rock from the USA with powerful teaching and prayer, Thursday July 17, 7.30pm–10pm

● Rexband at the Royal Hall of Industries Contemporary Christian band from India incorporating Indian classical, western classical, rock, pop and R&B, Thursday July 17, 8pm–10pm

● Tony Melendez, the “toe picker” at Sydney Opera House Forecourt. Highly talented composer and musician, and an excellent guitarist with no arms, known as the “toe picker” Friday 18 July, 6pm–6.40pm

● Receive The Power Live! featuring the Matt Maher Band, Hillsong United and Darlene Zscech at Barangaroo. Friday, July 18, 7pm–10pm

● Timothy Upshur and Jesus His Passion @ Sydney Opera House Forecourt. A multi sensory interpretation fusing Gregorian chant, jazz, drum rhythms and rich imagery of photographic artist Thomas Upshur, Friday, July 18, 7pm–7.20pm

● Mustard Seeds Community Choir at Tumbalong Park. African choral performance from Zimbabwe Friday 18 July, 7.00pm – 7.40pm

● Handel’s Messiah performed by Australian Catholic Students Association, Artes Christi and Campion College Australia at St Peter’s, Surry Hills One of the world’s greatest choral works, performed with an 80 strong choir and orchestra, Friday, July 18, 8.30pm – 10.00pm

● Judy Bailey Band at Randwick Racecourse. Blend of Afro-Caribbean grooves with religious roots, Saturday, July 19, 5pm–5.45pm.

● Tongan Dance at Randwick Racecourse. Traditional and contemporary Tongan dance, Sunday July 20, 2.40pm–2.55pm

The WYD08 Youth Festival will take place from Tuesday, July 15–Sunday July 20, commencing at 2pm each day. The Youth Festival will also feature performing arts, visual arts exhibitions, debate, film, national and community gatherings, street performers, workshops and a Vocations Expo.

Majestic: Lumen Christi dancers light up Kings Park in Perth during a celebrating for the WYD Cross and Icon.

Monumental: Students hold the WYD Cross.

On the move: Lumen Christi students process with the WYD Cross and Icon.

Thornlie parish gather to celebrate their hosting of the World Youth Day Cross and Icon.

Fijians to join the party

■ By Anthony Barich

OVER 7000 World Youth Day pilgrims from 20 countries, including 600 from Fiji, are expected at an evening of praise and prayer hosted by the international Emmanuel Community, on July 16 in Sydney’s Royal Hall of Industries.

The evening, called Nightfever, will showcase the musical talents of the international Priest Band, as well as the prayerful songs of the Nightfever Band assembled from over a dozen countries (including Perth’s own Olivia Lavis) especially for this event.

Additionally, Australian musician Gary Pinto, composer of the official World Youth Day song Receive the Power, will also be on hand.

Besides live music and moving testimonies, Nightfever promises to be a strong night of prayer with the Sacrament of Reconciliation available on site.

Archbishop Mark Coleridge of the CanberraGoulburn diocese will head an all-star cast of speakers.

Nightfever has already proved a hit at previous World Youth Days.

At World Youth Day in Cologne 2005, 15,000 pilgrims attended Nightfever, and it has been reported that since then similar “Mercy Nights” have continued to be held throughout Germany.

World Youth Day coordinator Bishop Anthony Fisher OP was impressed with reports of these events continuing long after World Youth Day in Cologne, bringing God out into the streets, that he mentioned Mercy Nights in his introduction to the WYD Holy Hour of Power kits that encouraged parishes across Australia to host nights of Adoration.

Mercy Nights across Germany after WYD 2005 saw people inviting other youth out of nightclubs and bars into Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and some Confessions were heard for the first time in decades for some people.

“Nightfever has been a spectacular fruit of WYD05 in Cologne,” Bishop Fisher said.

The Royal Hall of Industries, is a 20-minute bus ride from the city.

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Port Hedland

PORT HEDLAND received the Cross and Icon from the Karratha community at noon in Roebourne and transported the Cross to Port Hedland Racecourse with police escort from the town boundary.

The community held a “Fun Afternoon” at the race course to welcome the World Youth Day Cross, Icon and Message Stick followed by a community service led by young people.

The entire community was invited and welcomed to touch the Cross in an atmosphere of unity and joy.

After this there was a 1.5km procession to St Cecilia’s Church for Mass and veneration of the Cross.

Bishop Christopher Saunders from Broome, with his pilgrims, joined in that evening Mass.

The following morning he was the main celebrant at Mass with parishioners and school children.

This was followed by an official handover to Bishop Saunders before heading off on its long journey to the Diocese of

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Tears shed as Geraldton says goodbye to symbols

contiued from page 2

Tears were shed as we waved goodbye to the Perth people who had many experiences of faith during their hosting of these two symbols of Catholic Faith.

Official Welcome and Cathedral Service

The official welcoming to the diocese was held during an evening vigil at St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Geraldton.

This included the handing over of the Message Stick sent around Australia by the indigenous community of Sydney as an invitation for all young indigenous youth to come to Sydney for the World Youth Day events.

Once the official handover was completed, the WYD Cross, Icon and Message Stick were processed into the Cathedral for a concelebrated Mass, with Bishop Justin Bianchini as principal celebrant.

The Mass started with a ‘Welcome to Country’ by Ross Boddington and was followed by the Invitation of the Message Stick to all indigenous youth in the diocese.

Both Bishop Justin and Fr Chris Ryan preached on the importance of the Cross and Icon and the message it presents for all Christians, but more importantly as Catholic Christians.

Fr Chris invited the congregation in the packed cathedral to fully embrace the Cross, “open it up and see what it has done for Christianity,

then allow it to change your lives as well”. The Cross and Icon were then made available for all to venerate and take time to reflect until midnight. The time of reflection included the Stations of the Cross on Powerpoint. The 14 Stations were shown without spoken words so that everyone could reflect on the original journey of the Cross that Jesus took nearly 2000 years ago. Day two commenced with a 7am Mass at the cathedral followed by more reflection and time for homage.

Schools event

The students from Nagle Catholic College, which included many of the community’s pilgrims, held a short, simple but deeply moving ceremony before conducting a procession to the St Francis Xavier School oval for a ceremony, involving over 1000 students from local Catholic primary schools plus those from Northampton, Mullewa and Tardun.

Several Christian students from the local government schools and those attending the two Christian Schools in Geraldton also attended.

Following a time of readings and a message from Bishop Justin, the students were invited to venerate the WYD Cross and Icon to the loud and joyful singing by the students prepared by Sr Lyn Sparling RSJ.

Many of the students were in awe at the experience with several sharing their emotions in tears.

Right: World Youth Day Cross and Icon festivities at the Port Hedland racecourse.

C RO S S CROSS & I C ON ICON

Mission possible in Sydney

■ By Joanna Lawson

THE Church is challenged every day to spread hope to people all over the world, who live in poverty, war zones, disaster areas and in genuine need.

During the World Youth Day festivities in Sydney, Catholic Mission is celebrating the cultural diversity of our world, by bringing together people from the developing world to truly experience unity with other youth.

For four years, Catholic Mission in Western Australia has been educating local schools and parishes about the conditions many of our brothers and sisters suffer in developing nations and war zones. The dramatised stories include an insight into the plight of many young people in Uganda, who are captured and become child soldiers. Catholic Mission supports programs in Uganda rehabilitating those who are lucky enough to escape.

But this year, The Village Space program will go multi media at the Sydney Mint on Macquarie Street from July 1518 - Tuesday to Friday.

Pilgrims from Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Wallis and Futuna, and Solomon Islands will perform their traditional cultural dances and sing; sharing their culture with fellow travellers from all over the world.

The culture shock will be huge for some of these youth who are arriving in Sydney from remote parts of Papua New Guinea, countries like Wallis and Futuna which only has a population of 16,000.

“You have to appreciate that even getting a passport was a challenge to some of these youths, who weren’t quite sure of their birthdates. Some of these people have never been to their own capital city, let alone coming to a place like Sydney,” said Catholic Mission national director Martin Teulan.

“Catholic Mission supports programs like this all over the world, where we are not afraid to stand beside our brothers and sisters for the sake of social justice.”

Patrick Fox, education manager at Catholic Mission, said: “Our aim during World Youth Day is to not only bring some representation from the developing world, but also to show other visitors what life is like for most. The majority of the youth from around the world are not

able to attend World Youth Day because of poverty, conflict and other difficulties.

“Catholic Mission Village aims to show visitors that although it’s great to celebrate World Youth Day, there is a harsh reality that 80 per cent of the world’s youth face and we need to help them as followers of Christ.”

In a city like Perth it is easy to forget that for many of the world’s youth, especially Catholic youth in countries where Christianity is taboo, prospering and even surviving is an uphill battle. It is through support from local churches and missions and their own faith in Jesus that young people make it to adulthood and go on to realise their vocations.

“I hope that Perth pilgrims to World Youth Day will connect with the global reality of youth, especially in those parts of the world where there is suffering and oppression due to poverty and conflict, said Francis Leong, director of Catholic Mission’s Perth office.

“Through this experience it is hoped that they will develop a more intimate relationship with the suffering Christ, which is what Mission is all about.”

Celebration: Locals wave the yellow and white Vatican flag and the Australian flags at the Port Hedland race course.

See here: Bishop Justin Bianchini, left, enjoys a chat during the visit of the WYD Cross and Icon to Port Hedland race course.

Standing before that which saved us: Bishop Justin Bianchini stands before the World Youth Day Cross inside St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Geraldton.

Well read: Locals venerate the Cross at Nazareth House.

There has been no deceit: Archbishop Hickey 2000 Bethel report was ‘cauterised’

The following statement on claims regarding his part in the allegations made against the Bethel Community was issued by Archbishop Barry Hickey on Tuesday this week.

Recent publicity about past events at the Bethel Community has revealed that some people are still suffering from experiences they had while members of the community.

I deeply regret that and I am sorry for any part I might have played in it.

Those who brought me their assessment of the situation in 2000 were entitled to expect that I would investigate their concerns more fully.

On reflection, it is clear to me that I could have done much more for the Bethel people than I did. For this I apologise.

I am writing to those who approached me in 2000 with my apology.

However, I would like to assure the Bethel people and the community at large that there has been no deceit by me or my Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton in response to media questions about events.

The initial media report in May 2008 concerned allegations compiled in 2007 and delivered to Bishop Sproxton. In his investigation he created opportunities for individuals to raise complaints about sexual misconduct, but none was raised.

The first complaint about sexual

misconduct was made to Bishop Sproxton by a woman on February 28, 2008.

On March 11, at a meeting of elders with Bishop Sproxton, the leader agreed to the Bishop’s request that he stand down from the dayto-day running of the community.

A week later at a community meeting, other complaints of a sexual nature were raised and the leader resigned entirely from the community. The leadership has since been completely restructured.

The 2000 document was not “a 13-page report detailing sexual allegations” as reported in the morning newspaper on July 7 and 8. It was a 13-page document which included a half-page on “sexual issues” which focused on behaviour of a very unsavoury kind and “possible sexual boundary violations”.

None of the matters raised in either report concerned children.

Bishop Sproxton was not involved in 2000, and I accept full responsibility for my inadequate response.

With regard to the 1994 event reported on Monday, I treated it as a personal counselling session for a young woman carrying a burden, not as a formal complaint to Church authorities seeking action against another individual.

If that was a misunderstanding, I apologise to her.

However, there was a full review of the Bethel Community and the views of its members in 1994, conducted by a non-member.

It raised the complaints that often arose about the leader’s style of management and communication, the excessive control of members, and inadequate reporting on finances.

The members also expressed

Massive WYD roof raised at Randwick

If it rains, some will be dry

A massive roof, measuring 30 metres by 40 metres, has been raised into place above the sanctuary where His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will say Mass for up to half a million people next month.

Building contractors preparing Randwick Racecourse for World Youth Day Sydney 2008 (WYD08) today hoisted the roof 25 metres off the ground and 17 metres above the floor of the sanctuary – the structure where the altar will be located.

“It’s amazing what our contractors have been able to build in the few short weeks they’ve been on site,” said WYD08 Coordinator Bishop Anthony Fisher OP.

“The sanctuary is taking shape very quickly. Soon, they will start applying the iconic Australian design elements such as ‘Marjorie’s Bird’ - an Indigenous painting depicting the Holy Spirit by Tiwi Islander artist Marjorie Liddy.

“While its size will make it impressive, we’ve taken great care to ensure the sanctuary will also be a sacred liturgical space. It will establish the perfect atmosphere for prayer, adoration and reflection.”

The sanctuary will accommodate:

● 500 cardinals and bishops

● A 300-strong WYD08 choir

overwhelming support for the spiritual benefits they received from Bethel.

In the years before 2000 I had extensive contact with Mr Horgan and other Bethel leaders about controversial practices at Bethel. One was their restrictive dating policy which gave the leaders extensive control.

Another was the guidance given by the leader to married couples about intimate sexual matters. This caused resentment among some and was welcomed by others.

Bethel belonged to a worldwide fraternity of like covenant communities.

They were not established by the Church, but were approved by the Church both as Catholic and ecumenical organisations freely entered into and with no obligation to stay.

Mr Smith’s visit in 1994 was part of the peer monitoring of the fraternity.

His concerns were mainly about style of management, the dating policy, and the spiritual direction given to individuals and couples. They were not about sexual complaints.

When I met with Mr Horgan and the Bethel elders to discuss all of these matters, they strongly defended their practices.

It is clear at the present time that the members of the Bethel Community have taken responsibility for their own organisation and its leadership. Bishop Sproxton is working with them to they ensure that their future policies, practices and attitudes to one another are of the high standard that attracted people to covenant communities in the first place.

And coffee for all

■ By Anthony Barich

and ● An 80-piece orchestra

WYD08 Chief Operating Officer

Danny Casey said Southern Cross Precinct – the name given to the joint Randwick Racecourse/ Centennial Park venue site - will host the last two World Youth Day events.

“The first is the Evening Vigil with the Holy Father on Saturday 19 July. We expect 225,000 pilgrims to sleep out on site afterwards – that’s more people than the entire population of the Northern Territory.

“When they awake, the Holy Father will return for the Final Mass, and we expect the overnight population will double in the morning as Sydneysiders arrive to take their places in the racecourse and Centennial Park.”

Mr Casey said all construction work on the racecourse was carried out strictly in line with measures approved by the AJC, the NSW Government and WYD08.

“We rely on the AJC to advise our contractors on any works in or around a racing or training surface. We always operate in accordance with agreed protocols.”

Sydney will host the 23rd World Youth Day from 15 – 20 July. Hosted by the Catholic Church but open to all, WYD08 will mark the first visit to Australia by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

Over 50,000 young people are expected to receive graces flowing as freely as the coffee at the Legion of Christ’s hugely successful vocation.com Coffee House at World Youth Day in Sydney.

The Coffee House started at World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, Canada and continued at Cologne, Germany, where at least two young men from Melbourne, Australia, decided to study for the priesthood following their experience at the Coffee House in Cologne.

Mass, confession, spiritual direction and Eucharistic adoration will be provided plus performances from the best music artists the Catholic Church has to offer, including rapping Franciscan of the Renewal Father Stan Fortuna from the South Bronx and the Matt Maher Band.

Vocation.com, run by the Legion of Christ and its affiliated international apostolic movement Regnum Christi, expects to have over 1400 youth express a desire for further contact about a religious vocation and follow-up, which vocations.com will provide, as it did in Cologne and Toronto.

With 1.7 million visitors from 60 countries on six continents in the lead-up to World Youth Day 2008, and 9,500 subscribers to its ShoreLines weekly newsletter, vocation.com is one of the world’s most successful vocations websites.

The Coffee House will be located at Darling Harbour in Sydney.

By Joanna Lawson

The Bethel whistleblower whose report kicked off the archdiocese’s investigation into allegations of sexual innuendo and manipulation by some leaders inside the covenant community has confirmed that a 2000 report to Archbishop Barry Hickey was toned down to avoid the risk of defamation actions.

The confirmation comes as WA media appeared to imply Archbishop Hickey had covered up knowledge of serious violations of sexual morality and inappropriate behaviour.

The source, who asked not to be named, said that the allegations in the 2000 report were purposely “cauterised” to prevent defamation actions being taken against the authors of the report.

“The report that went to the Bishop only said that ‘there was a crossing of boundaries’,” he said, referring to activities going on within the community.

The latest allegations against former Bethel leader Kevin Horgan and several other leaders within the community began in 2007 when two women members of the community approached the man who had given a talk to community members on the virtue of modesty.

As a result of allegations made by the women, the man said he approached the Auxiliary Bishop with his concerns and was asked to submit a report for consideration. He then collated and submitted a 21-page report.

“He read it and asked me to write a second one, and then a third one.”

Subsequent to the handing in of the second set of reports, meetings were held between Bethel leaders including Mr Horgan, Frank Carr and Peter Dudley and Perth Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton.

At the conclusion of the meetings it was suggested by the Auxiliary Bishop that there be changes in the leadership. This did not imply that any allegations which might have been made were considered proven.

Bethel has since taken down its website and set up an Interim Operations Review Group.

The group describes itself as independent and says it will manage the community and takes no direction from the previous leadership body.

The priest who has served as chaplain to Bethel through most of its existence told The Record that the 2007 allegations came to him as a “shock” “It was not until last year that I got the email while

I was in Chicago, and I replied saying that I was very shocked... I used that word, ‘shocked’,” he said.

Father Christopher Ross said he had no idea there were allegations of sexual impropriety in the group until he was sent an email last year by a concerned member who was uncomfortable with reports women in the Community were being inappropriately touched.

“There was a big review commissioned back in 1994 which invited members to air their views, and what came out were concerns mainly with structure and authority,” said Father Ross.

“If you looked at it [the Community’s setup] negatively you’d say it was control, and if you looked at it positively you’d say it was structure, and that structure was part of community life. If you didn’t like the structure, then I’d say ‘Go, let your feet do the talking.’”

“My recollection was that for every one letter of complaint, there were three people saying that the Community was good for their spiritual life.

“Around that time a fair amount of people left the Community, but no allegations were made about sexual harassment.

In his statement this week Archbishop Hickey said he understood the 1994 meeting between himself and a woman regarding Bethel was for personal counselling rather than as a formal complaint. However he also apologised publicly to her if he had misunderstood the purposes of the meeting.

“The distinction can be made that Bethel is an ecumenical, not a Catholic organisation, it belongs to the Association of Charismatic Movements, which is Christian, not Catholic,” said Father Ross.

“The Archbishop is responsible for the pastoral care of his people who are in the Community.

“Bethel is a lay community with a lay structure, and I personally feel that this blowup occurred and it was its own people that stopped it, not the Bishop going in and telling people what to do.”

On its web page (in place of the Community’s former website) the IORG states its goal is “to provide structure and transparency to facilitate dealing with immediate issues, interim operations and the required changes within Bethel.”

The Record contacted a member of the new Bethel leadership group however he said he had nothing of value to tell the paper.

He told The Record that Bethel was focused on healing as a Community and meetings determining the future of the group were yet to be held.

World Youth Day

Benedict’s WYD retreat a real slice of Aussie bush

■ By Anthony Barich

PERTH, Australia (CNS) -Pope Benedict XVI will be spend his three-day holiday prior to World Youth Day in a tranquil Opus Dei-run centre surrounded by wombats, frilled-neck lizards and euchalyptus trees.

The pontiff and his entourage arrive on July 13 at the Kenthurst Study Centre, a facility that houses up to 30 people north-west of Sydney run by Opus Dei, where he will have 25 acres to enjoy a daily schedule of Mass, prayer and rest.

On July 16 he will leave the

in brief

centre and for the remainder of his trip will stay at Cathedral House with Cardinal George Pell of Sydney, adjacent to St Mary’s Cathedral in the heart of Sydney.

The centre, operated since 1991, has a baby grand piano where he can indulge his love of playing the piano; there are walking trails and a shrine to Our Lady of the Family.

Richard Vella, communications director at Opus Dei’s information office, said the pope will be surrounded by bush, with many distinct Australian fauna including frilled-neck lizards, wombats, rosellas and flora such

Hang on to your TV

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as iconic euchalyptus trees, bottlebrush and wattle.

“It’s peaceful, calm and very quiet, well away from the city of Sydney – it’s an ideal way to prepare for World Youth Day, which will be very big week for the pope,” Vella said.

“For Opus Dei in Australia, and for us at the centre, it’s a real privilege; and a way that the staff can conserve him and pray more closely for him.

“We’re happy to serve the Holy Father in this small way, and we’ll pray for the fruit of the trip to Australia,” the spokesman told The Record

to 4000 tonnes a year - equivalent to 67m tonnes of carbon dioxide. It can remain in the atmosphere for 550 years, according to Prather.  FAMILYEDGE

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A British teenager who discovered he had an unexplained bank balance of two million pounds was astonished, but, after checking with his friends that his eyes were not deceiving him, he immediately withdrew £300 for an iPod music player and new clothes, The Telegraph reports. The 16-year-old schoolboy very soon found himself £300 in arrears and his mother is furious with the bank for encouraging him to get into debt. She said she was “surprised” when he first got the bankcard.  FAMILYEDGE

Close to nature: This quiet and secluded retreat at Kenthurst north-west of Sydney is where Pope Benedict will rest before plunging into WYD activities. while there he will be as close as he can get to Australia’s beautiful natural bush and widlife. PHOTO: COURTESY OPUS

Quiet: The Kenthurst Centre is normally used by members of Opus Dei, lay and clerical, for retreats and annual study courses.

COURTESY OPUS

It’s all a bit too perfect to believe

The more we learn about the universe the more fantastically improbable it seems, and the more literally astronomical the chances against intelligent life ever having evolved.

I have written previously about some of the biological long-shots - amino-acids arranging themselves into proteins, for example. But it is not simply a matter of biochemistry on Earth.

In clear view

Dr John G Cramer is one who has pointed out that if gravity were a little stronger, the universe would collapse to a black hole. If it were a little weaker, galaxies would never have formed, for the matter that makes them up would never have come together.

By Guy Crouchback

If either strong or weak electromagnetic forces were a bit different, the neutron would be less massive than the proton, and the universe would be filled with neutrons and neutron stars, with few atoms of nuclei. If the 7.654-MeV energy level in Carbon-12 were not precisely where it is, the nuclei of carbon and other heavier elements could not have formed from helium in burnt-out stars and supernovas, and there would be no heavy elements to make planets and people ...

The list of fantastic improbabilities necessary for the creation of life goes on and on. If the moon were slightly bigger, its gravity would have skimmed Earths atmosphere away. If it were smaller, or did not exist, Earth, like Venus, would have too much atmosphere.

And the moon, as far as we can tell, is unusual for its size in relation to Earth, making it almost a double-planetary system. If water did not, very unusually, expand rather than contract when it freezes, ice would not float, and again life could not have evolved on Earth.

If the sun were either a little hotter or a little cooler, or a little closer or a little further away, life would also be impossible, because water is only liquid within a narrow temperature range. Water, for some reason, behaves differently to other substances in that it occupies a larger volume as a solid than as a liquid.

If it did not, ice would not float, and the ice-fields would at the bottom of the sea, again probably making life on Earth impossible.

Yet again, if the Earth were closer to the sun, even if the sun were cooler than it is, solar tidal forces would make life impossible.

The Earth would have ceased to spin on its axis.

But beyond all these fantastically long chances coming off, it may also be relevant to keep in mind the apparent, not improbability, but apparent impossibility, of the universe having been created at all. Where did it come from?

What was the Act of Creation (or the Big Bang)? We cannot grasp it. Could there have been such an Event without a Cause?

Chesterton once said something sarcastic to the effect that: “A believer foolishly and irrationally believes God created the Universe out of nothing. An atheist, on the other hand, sensibly and rationally believes the Universe created itself out of nothing.”

Professor of Atheism Richard Dawkins was quoted recently as saying be might be convinced of the existence of God by “a large-scale miracle which could not have been engineered by a conjuror.”

Setting aside the injunction that we should not seek to test God, someone might lead Richard Dawkins aside and point out to him gently that he’s standing in one.

Perpectives

By the time you are reading this we will probably be well on our way across Australia. The Boylen family have packed up their things and are camping their way across the outback in a pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Sydney.

Family is the Future

with Karen & Derek Boylen

World Youth Day can, in many ways, be a life shaping event in people’s lives.

We have both been to previous World Youth Days.

Two years ago, when it was announced that it would be hosted in Sydney, we immediately began plans to take our whole family. World Youth Day, whether you are going or not, can

be a fantastic catalyst for helping young people and children to learn about and develop their faith.

We are making the whole process of getting there a pilgrimage; a journey of faith. We can’t wait to meet, and for the children to meet, other pilgrims from around the world who are also journeying to World Youth Day.

We’re looking forward to seeing all the things that dioceses across Australia are doing to welcome our visitors and to celebrate.

We have allowed between eight and ten days to get to Sydney so that, hopefully, we aren’t too rushed. We also want to have plenty of time on the way talking to the kids about different aspects of the life of the Church. Some of the broad areas we’d like to cover include:

The papacy: Who is the Pope? Where does he come from? Why do we have one? We’d also like to talk to the kids more about who Pope Benedict XVI is and some of his main themes. Also, John Paul II because he gave so much

In less than two weeks, Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in Australia for World Youth Day. His visit will be the largest major event in Australian history. It will directly change the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people.

These facts are not, however, the only key things to note in the lead up.

Being Heard

By John Heard

Rather, World Youth Day – beyond the on-ground miracle of so many young people gathered together for Christ - will likely be distinguished by Benedict’s attempts to use the celebration to advance the twin goals of his pontificate: (1) liturgical rigour, inspired by (2) a potent re-presentation of Christian truth.

Both goals can be seen as responses to the challenges of secular modernity. They unite the Pope’s Sydney visit with the ongoing considerations that are integral to understanding his wider pontificate.

To that end, it is important to note that the Pope has chosen to preside over solemn Christian rituals, and other unmistakeably religious events in Sydney. He will, therefore, visit a place that is so intensely secular it is often called “sin city”.

In this context, Benedict intends to bring Sydney to its knees - literally, before Christ.

No one has ever done that before, and on such a scale.

A mass event in the middle of the city is, however, just the kind of direct, immediately impressive engagement with the so-called post-Christian present that Benedict has shown he can – in the tradition of his Great predecessor – carry out with élan.

He did it, most recently, in New York City.

But Ratzinger is not Wojtyla, and Benedict will bring his own innovation to the Sydney events.

During his speeches, meetings, and homilies, the Pope will demonstrate, then, his professor’s skill at condensing complex Catholic thought. He will translate varied, often controversial

to the modern Church and particularly the World Youth Days.

Pilgrimage: What is a pilgrimage? We plan to talk about holy places, other famous pilgrimages and stories of famous pilgrims in the lives of the saints and scripture.

World Youth Day: What is it? The symbols, themes, etc.

Prayer: We want to make our trip a prayerful one. We plan to make the most of immersing our children in a routine of prayer using the Rosary, song as prayer, informal prayer and introducing them to the idea of an examination of conscience by way of doing it as a family at the end of each day.

Scripture: Rediscovering and introducing new bible stories and taking time to explore them while we drive.

Lives of the Saints: Exploring with the children more deeply the lives of the saints. In particular the lives of the patrons of World Youth Day but also a few of our favourites such as St Anthony of Padua (our parish), St’s Francis and

Don’t let World Youth Day Ben’s mission of truth for Oz

teachings, into plain, albeit profound language.

He will speak, of course, with the authority of the Successor of St Peter, as he does whenever he travels. However, in Sydney, the Pope will also speak directly to young people. He will deliver his messages, for only the second time, to the living future of Catholicism.

This is another remarkable aspect of this visit.

It won’t just be the content of the Pope’s messages that will be remarkable, however, or the rare audience. With Benedict, one must observe widely, as much as listen closely.

The music chosen, the vestments he wears, even the ferula he carries, all of these provide clues as to his mission, and his intentions.

Why?

Because, while in Sydney, Benedict will demonstrate the importance he places on continuity within the liturgical tradition of the Church.

He will be especially keen to share this tradition with young people.

For that reason he will, during the Mass at Randwick, and at other times then, attempt to more closely model enduring ideals of sacredness in the liturgy, and he will be keen to accentuate verticality in Catholic worship.

Benedict will, for instance, likely offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in a style that has been recently restored to his celebrations in Rome, and much discussed, and increasingly imitated elsewhere.

That is, expect to see the sanctuary ordered according to a traditional, socalled “Benedictine” set-up: seven tall

candles arranged symmetrically on the altar, with a prominent crucifix in the centre.

The Pope prefers this arrangement, he has written, because it re-orients our worship to the “liturgical East”, so that we might look together (with the priest) to the rising sun: the Christ.

He will be keen to ensure that the Sydney gatherings will conform, then, to more exacting standards of theological, stylistic and aesthetic rigour – standards that he has written about extensively.

Certainly, where his words and actions show that solemnity, obedience, continuity, and beauty in ritual expression reveal something important about what Catholics believe, and in turn – influence how we live our faith – the Pope will present Sydney and the world with another public endorsement of the so-called “reform of the reform”.

Further, inasmuch as few of Benedict’s major liturgical developments have yet to exert much influence over Australian practice, a new victory in Sydney would, therefore, serve to advance his goals for the universal Church. Coupled with his profound, and moving exhortations to young Catholics, this endorsement, and that sort of victory, could be the lasting legacy of his time in Sydney.

It would mean that, even beyond altering lives and bringing secular Sydney to a very Catholic standstill, World Youth Day would transform Catholic worship in this country and advance the Pope’s commitment to meet, then overcome the challenges thrown up by the rise of secular modernity around the world.

John Heard is a Melbourne writer.

Perspectives

be just an event. Learn.

Clare, St Benedict (the Pope’s namesake) and of course Blessed Mary MacKillop (our very own Aussie saint).

We also want the kids to learn something that all pilgrims learn and that is that we rely on each other. We belong to a community of people who rely on each other and support each other.

Our trip wouldn’t be possible if it wasn’t for people who cared about us and helped to make it possible. Those who did extra hours at work so that Derek could be away, our lovely house sitters, neighbours who are taking care of the dog, people at World Youth Day who will feed us, those we will meet on the way who will enrich our lives.

We are part of a loving faith community who care and support each other. We are planning to keep a blog of our journey (although it will only be updated sporadically when we have access to the internet).

Death?

TOn there will be a link that goes into more depth about each of the different areas and what we want to share with the kids plus a few extras.

Please feel free to use it.

It’s just a

hree men gathered together after the funeral of a mutual friend and the conversation eventually led to their own mortality. “What words would you like spoken during your eulogy?” Joe asked the other two.

I say I say

By Mark Reidy

“I would hope that people would say that I had been a faithful husband and a loving father,” said the first.

The second man replied that he would like to be remembered as a caring and dedicated doctor, and

And keep us in your prayerscamping across Australia with five children six and under is a little daunting, we can give you the tip.

Find Karen’s blog “Learning Life” at www. signspeak.wordpress.com.

phase...

he then turned the question back to Joe. “And what words would you like to be said of you as you lie in your coffin, surrounded by your loved ones?” he enquired.

“Ah, that’s easy”, he replied without hesitation. “I hope that someone would suddenly yell, ‘Hey, I think I saw him move!’”

I believe that most of us can identify with that part of Joe that desperately clings to his earthly existence, even those of us who, in theory anyway, have an understanding that we will be going to a far better place.

But why, for those with faith, is there a fear or, at least, a tendency to avoid the issue of mortality?

It is understandable that death is a daunting concept for those who do not believe in an after-life, but from a faith perspective, shouldn’t it be a condition that we eagerly

await? Shouldn’t we be comforted by the prospect of returning to the perfect and eternal embrace of our Father in Heaven, after our brief pilgrimage on earth?

Theoretically, we probably should, but in reality, are we?

Personally I am one of those who lean toward the Woody Allen theory of avoidance - “I’m not afraid of dying”, he once said, “I just don’t want to be there when it happens”.

But this is such a far cry from the examples provided to us by the saints.

On her deathbed St Therese of Lisieux said: “I am not dying; I am entering life”.

St Francis of Assisi even looked forward to his worldly demise, “Praised are you, my Lord, for our sister bodily death...”

So why do I fall so short of the benchmark that they provide? Why does the concept of death still carry, for me, an element of trepidation?

I believe St Paul holds the answer to my dilemma. So complete was his understanding of his true spiritual home that his separation from God caused him great anguish: “My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better”, he wrote in his letter to the Philippians (1:23).

Our primary mission in life must be to seek that same love with all our hearts, minds and souls, for it is only through the conviction of God’s personal love that we will be delivered from all fear and anxiety.

The more we come to know God’s love in the depths of our being, the more passionate will be our desire to be united with Him in eternal life.

- reidyrec@iinet.net.au

The primacy of the Pope

Q&A

By Fr John Flader

I know that the Catholic Church teaches that the Pope has authority over the whole Church, and that the Protestant and Orthodox do not accept this. Can you help me understand better why we hold this truth, what it involves and how we can explain it to others?

The authority of the Pope over the whole Church is called the “primacy” of the Pope. The word comes from the Latin word primus, meaning “first”. In the Catholic Church the Pope, who is the Bishop of Rome, has authority over all the other bishops and over the whole Church.

There are two principal types of primacy. One is primacy of honour, where the primate has no more power than the others of his rank, but is honoured by them in a special way. This type of primacy exists in some of the nonCatholic Christian denominations, where one bishop is accorded special honour by the other bishops, but in all other respects is equal to them and has no power over them. He is sometimes referred to as primus inter pares, first among equals.

The other type is primacy of jurisdiction, where the primate has authority over the others and over the whole institution. This is the case with the Pope. His primacy was defined in the First Vatican Council as a dogma of faith in the following terms: “If anyone says that the blessed apostle Peter was not constituted, by Christ Our Lord, Prince of all the Apostles and visible head of all the Church militant; or that he (Peter) directly and immediately received from Our Lord Jesus Christ a primacy of honour only and not one of true and proper jurisdiction, let him be anathema.” (Dz 1823)

Why did Christ give St Peter power over the whole Church?

In simple terms, because he wanted his Church to be one, to be united. The Catholic Church is not a federation of dioceses scattered throughout the world, but a single body with a single head.

In order for an organisation to have unity, it needs a single head, a principle of authority, a person who can speak and act on behalf of the organisation and who has authority over it. For this reason countries have a Prime Minister, a President, a King.

It is clear from Scripture that Our Lord wanted his Church to have one head. Christ singled Peter out from the other apostles and prom-

ised to make him the head of the Church: “You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church”. (Mt 16:18) After his Resurrection Jesus conferred the primacy on Peter when he said: “Feed my sheep.” (Jn 21:17) Jesus had said some time before that he was the good shepherd (cf. Jn 10:11) and that there would be one fold and one shepherd (cf. Jn 10:16). Now he was making Peter the shepherd, the head of the Church.

Peter began to exercise his primacy from the beginning. It was he who proposed the election of a successor to Judas (cf. Acts 1:15 ff), who spoke to the multitudes when the Holy Spirit came down on the feast of Pentecost (cf. Acts 2:14 ff), and who presided over the Council of Jerusalem to decide what to impose on converts from the Gentiles (cf. Acts 15:7 ff). When St Paul went up to Jerusalem, he went there “to see Peter” (Gal. 1:18). Peter’s name comes first in all the lists of the Apostles in the Gospels.

What is more, from the beginning the successors of St Peter as Bishop of Rome exercised their authority over the whole Church and this authority was accepted.

By way of example, around the year 96, St Clement, the fourth Pope, wrote a letter to the Church in Corinth giving orders to resolve a dispute about authority that had broken out in that Church. The letter was gratefully accepted and read throughout the city.

In the fourth century the Emperor Constantine sent the Donatist schismatics to Rome to be judged by Pope Melchiades.

And in the fifth century at the Council of Chalcedon in 451, when the letter of Pope Leo the Great was read out, the bishops cried out: “Peter has spoken through Leo.”

From this it is clear that the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, had authority over the Church throughout the world and that this authority was acknowledged everywhere.

By virtue of his authority, the Pope names bishops for the whole world, legislates for the Church through such instruments as the Code of Canon Law, judges various matters through his tribunals in Rome, and teaches the whole Church through Encyclicals, Apostolic Exhortations, etc.

In the words of the Second Vatican Council, “the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered.” (Dogm. Const. Lumen gentium, 22; CCC 882)

Given the great responsibility that goes with the exercise of papal authority, we do well to pray very much for the Pope, the Vicar of Christ.

St Therese of Lisieux

Auslan interpreters set for World Youth Day

UP to 44 young people have been learning Auslan in the lead up to World Youth Day 2008.

The (Perth) Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM) WYD08 group have around 50 people who have registered to go to Sydney, and some of the group members are deaf or hard of hearing.

So an enthusiastic bunch of young people have been meeting once a week, under the excellent tutelage of Ms Emma Chevron and Ms Ally Gunnell, members of the group, to learn Auslan. After five weeks, with three more lessons to go before the group leave for WYD2008, the teacher and tutors have been astounded at the level of talent in the group, and feel that there are many prospective future interpreters in the group, for when a young deaf person may want to join any of the youth activities on offer in Perth.

One of the fun activities was to learn the signs for the different countries from where pilgrims will come from to attend WYD, or countries where many of the pilgrims have connections to.

It was very interesting learning the signs for “Australia”. Australian’s themselves use a sign which is likely a derivative of two possible symbols;

that of the place where convicts were ‘dumped’, and the jumping action of kangaroos. The international sign for Australia, used by Deaf people overseas, is that of the shape of the Anzac Diggers hat, where the brim on one side is bent upwards.

The classes will finish with a shared meal where voices will be ‘turned off’ for the night, and participants will have to order their meal using non-verbal communication methods. Many are looking forward to meeting the deaf pilgrims coming to WYD2008, and continuing the course after World Youth Day.

Special thanks to Robert Hinii, coordinator of Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM) Perth, for organising the publicity and the venue before the course started, and providing drinks and nibbles, amongst many other jobs that have helped the course to get started.

Thanks also to the teacher and tutor, Emma and Ally, who volunteer their time to provide a wonderful experience. And most of all, to all the great young people, who give of their time and energy to come and learn a new language, that will have many practical benefits.

For further information, contact Susan on 9328 9571 b/h or send sms 0432 952 074.

From London gangland to Randwick

Ex-gangster plans to tell Pope God’s love changed his life

LONDON (CNS) - An ex-gangster who once almost beat a man to death with a pair of knuckle-dusters said he’s planning to tell Pope Benedict XVI how “God’s love” inspired him to turn his back on a life of crime.

John Pridmore, 44, a former “enforcer” in the London gangland scene in the 1980s and ‘90s, will speak at the World Youth Day evening vigil Mass at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia on July 19.

The Pope will be there when the former criminal speaks for 10 minutes on how discovering God changed his life dramatically.

Pridmore said from Sydney that he considered the opportunity “an incredible honour.”

“With the Holy Father being the voice of Christ on earth, it is a privilege to be at an event that he is attending let alone to be on the same platform that he will be speaking from,” he said.

Pridmore was baptised and raised Catholic but fell into a life which revolved around stabbings, guns and major drug deals.

His journey back to the faith began when he beat up a rival gangster outside a nightclub in 1991 to impress his boss. Thinking that he had killed the man, he fled to Spain but was arrested when he later returned to England.

The victim survived and the case against Pridmore, which could have landed him with a 10-year jail sentence, later collapsed in court.

“I really thought I had killed him,” said

Pridmore, “but I really didn’t care whether I had killed him or not and at that point I realised I was dead inside”.

“I had the penthouse flat (apartment), the sports car and more money than I could spend but inside I was dead and it was that that led me to be open to the possibility that there could be something else. That was the initial reason I later went on retreat and finally went to confession.”

Pridmore later spent eight months working with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in the Bronx section of New York. He has since preached about “God’s love” in parishes, schools, prisons and universities, so far reaching more than a million people. “If somebody had told me about God’s love when I was a kid I might not have made the same mistakes and caused the same pain as I did,” he said.

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-ple who have participated in these events now form a potentially powerful European network of friendship and collaboration across old national and ethnic borders and antipathies.

In the next two decades, they will come into their own politically – if they have the will and nerve for leadership.

Many of them are associated with Catholic renewal movements that form another associated grid across Europe: movements like Communion and Liberation, the Sant’Egidio Community, the Emmanuel Community, Regnum Christi and the two previously mentioned in The Cube and The Cathedral, Focolare and Opus Dei.

Many Catholic leaders believe that the future of the Church in western Europe rests with these renewal movements: if Europe rediscovers its Christian roots, senior bishops suggest, it will be through these movements rather than through the often sclerotic structures of institutional Catholicism.

Again, no one knows whether this will happen.

And even if the seeds John Paul II planted in young souls in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries were to blossom in decades to come, the question remains of how much more damage the 1968 generation will do to Europe’s self-understanding before the children of the children of 1968 achieve anything like cultural critical mass.

Still, it would be unwise to imagine European futures without imagining the possibility that the “John Paul II generation” just might reconnect Europe to the deepest-running source of its unique civilisation.

Were that to happen, the public consequences would be substantial – not in recreating state churches but offering an alternative to contemporary Europe’s soul-withering fascination with the state as church.

Peace out: Retired priest Fr John O’Reilly with Perth youth bound for World Youth Day who have participated in Auslan learning classes, so they can help hearing-impaired people.

colour in Kid

prayers

Dear God, Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or was it an accident?

Natalie

Dear God, Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don’t You just keep the ones you have now?

Jane

Dear God, Who draws the lines around the countries?

Katy

Dear God, I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that okay?

Branden

Dear God,

Thank you for my baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.

Jacinta

Dear God, It rained for our whole vacation and is my father mad! He said some things about you that people are not supposed to say, but I hope you will not hurt him anyway. Your friend (but I am not going to tell you who I am)

Dear God, Please send me a pony. I never asked for anything before. You can look it up.

Ben

Dear God, If we come back as something, please don’t let me be Jennifer Horton, because I hate her.

Brooke

Dear God, I want to be just like my daddy when I get big, but not with so much hair all over.

Ridge

Dear God, I think the stapler is one of your greatest inventions.

Catherine

Dear God, I think about you sometimes, even when I’m not praying.

Thorn

Kids bitz jokes puzzles

Dear God, I bet it is very hard for you to love all the people in the world.

There are only four people in our family and I can never do it.

Melanie

Dear God, Of all the people who worked for you, I like Noah and David the best.

Sam

Dear God, My brother told me about being born, but it doesn’t sound right. They are just kidding, aren’t they?

Joanna

Dear God, If you watch me in church on Sunday, I’ll show you my new shoes.

Caroline

Dear God, We read Thomas Edison made light. But in Sunday School, we learned that you did it. So I bet he stole your idea.

Sincerely, Donna

Dear God, I do not think anybody could be a better God. Well I just want you to know that I am not just saying this because you are God already.

Peter

Dear God, I didn’t think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tuesday. That was cool!

Anthony

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If you have great kids recipes please share them with us and we will publish your recipe in kidz bitz with your name.

If you would like poems, drawings or photos published please send all to:

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KIDS COOKING

PANCAKES WITH CARAMEL BANANAS

Ingredients:

Nut-free

1 quantity of buttermilk pancakes

4 bananas, peeled and sliced

100g unsalted butter

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup caster sugar

2 tablespoons water

1/3 cup cream

Thick cream or icecream, to serve

Method:

Cook pancakes as per recipe.

To make the caramel sauce, heat butter in saucepan, add sugars and water.

Stir over low heat, without boiling, until sugar dissolves.

Stir in cream, bring to boil, then remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.

For each serve, make a stack of two or three pancakes, scatter with banana slices, pour over a generous amount of caramel sauce and serve with cream or icecream.

Serving: 4-6

PITA PIZZA

Ingredients:

3 wholemeal 20 cm Lebanese pita breads tomato paste

canned kidney beans, drained and rinsed red capsicum,

6 thinly sliced button mushrooms, diced fresh or tinned pineapple

1 tomato, thinly sliced mozzarella cheese, grated

Method:

A healthy pizza recipe which is a favourite with kids and adults. Preheat oven to 200C. Place bread onto oven trays and spread with tomato paste. Add desired amounts of other ingredients and top with cheese. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until golden. Remove from oven. When slightly cooled, cut into wedges and serve.

Serving: 4+

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Submissions over 55 words will be edited. Inclusion is limited to 4 weeks. Events charging over $10 constitute a classified event, and will be charged accordingly. The Record reserves the right to decline or modify any advertisment.

Friday July 11

NEW LIFE IN GOD’S SPIRIT SEMINAR

7.30pm – 9.30pm, St Brigid’s Church, Corner Aberdeen and Fitzgerald Street Northbridge. Be filled with grace, love and power of the Holy Spirit. Renew your faith by listening to talks and testimonies given by Charismatic Priests and laypeople. Enq: Jenni 9445 1028 or 0404 389 679.

Saturday July 12

ST PADRE PIO PRAYER GROUP

8.45am with St Padre Pio DVD, at All Saints Catholic Chapel, Allendale Square, 77 St Georges Terrace, Perth. 10am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Adoration and Benediction. 11am Holy Mass, St Padre Pio liturgy. 12noon lunch. BYO. Tea and coffee provided. Enq: Des 6278 1540.

Saturday July 12

PERTH DAYS IN THE DIOCESE COMMISSIONING MASS

10am on the Perth Esplanade, come celebrate with all the pilgrims heading off to WYD. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Hickey, concelebrated by bishops and priests from around the world. Details for tickets visit wydperth.com or email wydperth@highgate-perthcatholic.org.au or Silvana 08 9422 7944.

Sunday July 13

HEALING MASS AND RECONCILIATION BULLSBROOK SHRINE

2pm every second Sunday of the month at The Shrine of Virgin of the Revelation, 36 Chittering Road, Bullsbrook. 1.30pm reconciliation in Italian or English. All welcome to Pilgrim Mass and devotion at the Shrine every Sunday at 2pm. Enq: SACCRI Assoc. 9447 3292.

Sunday July 13

THE WORLD APOSTOLATE OF FATIMA  HOLY HOUR OF REPARATION

3pm at St Mary’s Church, Franklin Street, Leederville. All welcome. Enq: Diana 9339 2614.

Wednesday July 16

TAIZE MEDITATIVE PRAYER

7.30pm to 8.30pm at St Thomas More Catholic Church, 100 Dean Road, Bateman. Spend an hour in Group Prayer and relax after a busy workday in a candlelight atmosphere of prayer, song and meditation. Enq: Daisy/Barney 93104781.

Wednesday July 16

CATHOLICS RETURNING HOME

A meeting for Parish organisers and interested persons, to advance this program, will be held at 36 Windsor St, Perth at 1.30pm. Enq: Thea, 9458 3724 or Fred 9447 5433.

Wednesday July 16

SOLEMNITY OF OUR LADY OF MT CARMEL, MASS

10am at the Carmelite Monastery, 100 Adelma Road, Nedlands. A sung, concelebrated Mass for the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

Friday July 18

HEALING FIRE BURNING LOVE MINISTRY

CHARISMATIC HEALING SERVICE

7.30pm – 9.30pm St Brigid, 221 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge. It is the Spirit that brings life, love, joy and healing. We welcome you to come and experience the power of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God, Sacraments and prayer. For more information please contact Jenni Young 9445 1029 or 0404389679.

Sunday July 20

TAIZE MEDITATIVE PRAYER

7pm-8pm at Sisters of St Joseph Chapel, 16 York St, South Perth. Come be still and pray in a warm candlelit chapel with song, scripture and silence, prayerful atmosphere. All welcome. Bring a friend and a torch Enq: Sister Maree Riddler 0414 683 926.

Monday July 21

ST PIO PRAYER GROUP DEVOTION MASS  WYD

Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Dominica Ambrosia at the Capuchin Church in Sydney. Details and bookings travel to Sydney phone Nick 9378 2684.

Wednesday July 23

ST SIMON PETER PLAYERS  PUBLIC MEETING

7.30pm at St Simon Peters Parish Centre. An inter-parish Performing Arts Group seeks players and crew for its 2009 original production, The Story of the Three Marys, Mary of Nazareth, Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalene. No experience necessary. Enq: Gerald 9404 7292.

Friday July 25

MEDJUGORJE EVENING OF PRAYER

7pm with Adoration, Meditation and Rosary at Santa Clara Parish, Palmerston Street, Bentley. All welcome to an Evening of Prayer with Our Lady Queen of Peace, followed by Holy Mass. Concluding 9pm. Enq: Eileen 9402 2480.

Tuesday July 29

DAY OF REFLECTIONMMP CENACLE

10.30am to 2pm at Holy Spirit Church, City Beach. Rosary followed by Mass and talks. Celebrant Bishop Salesius Mugambi, Diocese of Meru, Kenya. Bring lunch to share. Tea and coffee provided. Enq: 9341 8082.

Saturday August 2

DAY WITH MARY

9am to 5pm, at Holy Spirit Church, Keaney and Bent Street, City Beach, Video on Fatima, Day of prayer and instruction based upon Fatima message. Reconciliation, Holy Mass, Adoration, Sermons on the Eucharist and Our Lady, Rosaries, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch. Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286.

Sunday August 3

DIVINE MERCY

1.30pm St Joachim’s Church Shepperton Road, Victoria Park, Rosary, and Reconciliation. Sermon on John Vianney, by Fr Harris. Followed by Divine Mercy prayers and Benediction. Refreshments, followed by Video/DVD, on The Power of the Rosary Part 2, by Fr Corapi. Enq: John 9457 7771 or Linda 9275 6608.

Monday August 4

SEMESTER 2 PARTTIME AND FULLTIME STUDY

Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation, Osborne Park, Assessment or audit, Sixteen Week courses in Scripture, church history, youth ministry, pastoral care, Christian leadership, evangelisation skills. See http://www.acts2come. wa.edu.au, or Jane 04 0169 2690.

Friday August 8 – Sunday August 10

SEPARATED, DIVORCED WIDOWED  BEGINNING

EXPERIENCE WEEKEND

The next weekend program will be held at Epiphany Retreat Centre, Rossmoyne. To assist and support people in learning to close the door gently on a relationship that has ended in order to get on with living. Enq: Bev 9332 7971 or Margaret 9294 4892.

Saturday August 23

ST PADRE PIO PRAYER GROUP

9.45am at Infant Jesus Church, 47 Wellington Road, Morley. Exposition, Rosary, Divine Mercy, Adoration and Benediction, Fr Meilak. Confession in English or Italian. 11am Mass, St Padre Pio Liturgy, Celebrant Archbishop Barry Hickey. Attending Priest invited to Concelebrate. 2pm shared lunch. Tea and coffee provided. Enq: Des 6278 1540.

Saturday August 23

LAUNCH OF THE TELEPACE AUSTRALIA INC

After 11am Mass at Infant Jesus Church, Wellington Road, Morley by His Grace Archbishop Hickey President of Telepace. Official announcement will be made during lunch. Bring plate. Enq: Rose 0437 700 247 or Des 6278 1540.

Every Sunday ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK: ACCESS 31 1pm - 2pm. 13 July, Creation, evolution and a rational faith by Christoph Cardinal Schoenborn OP, Archbishop of Vienna, with Raymond Arroyo. Have a rooftop dish installed to receive EWTN (free-to-air 24/7) full coverage WYD. After several weeks of uncertainty, the good news is that the station will broadcast for the next 18 months.

Every Thursday JOURNEY THROUGH THE BIBLE

7.30pm, July 31, Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation, Osborne Park using The Bible Timeline; The Great Adventure can be studied towards accredited course or for interest. Resources provided. See http://www.acts2come. wa.edu.au/ or Jane 0401 692 690.

First Friday and First Saturday COMMUNION OF REPARATION ALL NIGHT VIGIL

Corpus Christi Church, Mosman Park, 47 Lochee Road. Starting with Mass at 7pm on Friday with Father Bogoni and concluding with Mass at midnight. Confessions, Rosaries, Prayers and silent Adoration every hour. Please join us for reparation to The Two Hearts according to the message of Our Lady of Fatima. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357.

Every Saturday VIDEO / DVD NIGHT

Starting after the 6.30pm Mass, at St. Joseph’s Church, 20 Hamilton Street, Bassendean. A variety of Videos/Dvd’s, will be shown i.e. The Saints, Conversion Stories, Catholic Teaching etc. Videos approx. 30mins. Want to learn more about our Catholic faith? Bring the family, no charge.

Third Sunday of the Month

OBLATES OF ST BENEDICT MEET

2pm St Joseph’s Convent, York Street, South Perth, affiliated to Benedictine Abbey of New Norcia. All interested in studying rule of St Benedict, its relevance to lay people’s day to day life. Vespers and tea conclude meetings. Enq: 9457 5758.

Every Saturday HOLY SPIRIT OF FREEDOM CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING

10.30am to 12.30pm at St Peter the Apostle Parish Hall, 91 Wood Street, Inglewood. All welcome. Enq: 9475 0155.

First Friday of Each Month

GENERAL PRAYER ASSEMBLY

7.30pm at St Joachim Parish Hall, Shepperton Road, Victoria Park. The couples for Christ and its Family Ministries welcome all members who now reside or are visiting Perth to join the community in its monthly general prayer assembly. Enq: Tony and Dolly Haber 9440 4540.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

Jesuit Volunteers Australia calls for part-time volunteers to respond to the needs of people in the community who live in marginalised circumstances. At the heart of this program is a reflective process, based on Gospel values, which

underpins the work of the volunteers. To learn more: www.jss.org.au. Enq: Kevin Wringe 9316 3469 or email kwringe@iinet.net.au.

Every Sunday

LATIN MASS KELMSCOTT

The Latin Mass according to the 1962 missal will be offered every Sunday at 2pm at the Good Shepherd Parish, 40-42 Streich Avenue, Kelmscott, with Rosary preceding. All welcome.

Every Tuesday

THE GOSPEL OF ST MATTHEW  COURSE

7.30pm St Joachim’s Parish Hall, Shepperton Road, Victoria Park. Exciting revelations into the Gospel of St Matthew are being offered free of charge. Conducted by Fr Douglas Rowe SFP. Participants will be introduced into an insightful exploration of this fascinating Gospel. Light refreshments will follow. Please bring your bible and a friend.

BOOK DONATIONS WANTED

Can you help? We urgently need donations of Altar Vessels, Catholic books, Bibles, Divine Office, Missals, Lectionaries, Sacramentaries etc. Telephone: (08) 9293 3092.

Every 1st Tuesday of the Month

HEALING MASS

7.30pm at St Joachim’s Parish Hall, Shepparton Road, Victoria Park. Incorporating hymns, spiritual reflection and Novena to God the Father. Enq: Jan 9323 8089.

Missing chalice

CAN YOU HELP?

THE chalice shown in the picture, belonging to Fr Peter St John, has been misplaced.

Fr Peter remembers having the chalice in Albany following Christmas, 2007, when he accompanied the Christian Brothers’ from the Waterford community on their annual holiday.

It may have accompanied Fr Peter when he returned to Perth in January, 2008.

The chalice has great personal value to Fr Peter as it previously belonged to his late uncle Fr Fleming St John, former Dominican Provincial in the UK.

Fr Peter, who now resides at Edmund Rice House in Wembley, would appreciate anyone with any information on the possible whereabouts of the chalice contacting his niece, Pauline Robinson on 0433 906 955.

Young Vinnies drive prompts students to acts of charity

The St Vincent de Paul Society’s Winter Appeal becomes personal as school students deliver the goods to those in desperate need this winter.

Twenty two schools around Perth have collectively donated a staggering 13 tonnes of clothing as part of the annual St Vincent de Paul Society’s Mini Vinnies Clothing Drive.

The proceeds of the collection will go directly to West Australians who are struggling to keep warm this winter.

The Society’s spokesperson Lucinda Ardagh said the St Vincent de Paul Society was over the moon at the efforts of all the schools involved.

She added that these efforts reflected the recognition of a pressing need in a society that is increasingly affluent, yet the gap between the rich and the poor has rarely been so obvious, or great.

“We are delighted with the efforts of all participating schools in collecting the clothing, but also in raising awareness about people less fortunate than ourselves living in our communities,” Ms Ardagh said told The Record.

“During winter especially, the Society is called upon more than ever for support with food, clothing and bedding.

“With 100,000 Australians sleeping homeless each night, this clothing will definitely assist those who reach out to the Society for help.”

As part of the clothing drive, Vinnies Youth awards a prize to the school that donates the most.

This year’s winner for the second year running was St Jude’s Catholic School in Langford that donated an average of 9.8kg of clothing per student.

St Jude’s received a “Mini Vinnies Fun Day” on July 4 for their efforts in fundraising for the most needy in our city.

Kaye Savage-Morton, a teacher at St Jude’s school, said that the win was not expected as the drive was not pushed as hard as last year in the school.

But she said the children took up the initiative regardless, and turned out an unexpected result.

“We just gave each child a bag, and they went out and started asking their parents and ‘Nana and Pop’ for clothes, and then we even had parents asking their colleagues to help with the drive,” Ms Savage-Morton said.

“Our Year Seven students were fantastic.

“Tthey knew what time the Society’s van would arrive and they would take all of the bags out of the boxes so that they could help load the trucks more easily.

“The kids knew that even if they didn’t win the Fun Day, that what they were doing was good because they were helping give warm clothes to people that would have otherwise been cold.”

Ms Ardagh said that the Society was very grateful for the effort the school had put into the clothing drive.

“St Jude’s is very passionate about helping others,” she said.

“They have always supported the St Vincent de Paul Society in any way they can, we’re delighted they have won for a second year and can’t thank them enough for their ongoing support.”

St Jude’s will try their hardest for the Society’s appeal next year, but a “threepeat” is not necessarily the aim for next year

“We’ll just see what the kids do next year,” Ms Savage-Morton said.

“We thought we’d depleted Langford’s supply of clothing last year and look what happened...”

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Right to Life Association WA 30th Annual Dinner, Sunday 20th July, 12 noon, Novotel Langley Hotel, Perth. Tickets $60 per person. Bookings Tel: 9221 7117 or P.O Box 6087, East Perth, 6892. Guest Speaker Dr A Zimmermann LLB LLM. Ph. D. Peter O’Meara President.

IN MEMORIAM

■ PETER NASH

RIP Darl Marge and Anthony xxx

Golden Chain Prayer – O Holy Mother of God, with this Golden Chain we tie our children and our Priest toothy Immaculate Heart and to the Sacred Heart of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ burning with Love for us in the Blessed Eucharist. Amen. 13 July Peter’s death anniversary. From Mrs P Nash

THANK YOU

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The Reynolds and Tondut families sincerely thank everyone for cards, flowers and attendance at Jeans Rosary and Funeral. Our appreciation to Fr Freddy Hernandez and Fr Manoel Borges. Theresa Hill.

“Imagine a sower going out to sow...” Catholic missionaries throughout the developing world are the sowers of Jesus’ parable, sowing seeds of God’s love through their accompaniment and loving service to the poor, the sick and the persecuted in places that the rest of